New Carpet next week- Excited 😊

I have your carpet NotSpaghetti! My very dark red hall and staircase carpet, in situ since before I bought the house, absolutely refused to wear out so I bit the bullet a couple of years ago and replaced it when I decorated. My natural inclination sent me down the neutral teal/beige/ cream route but I couldn’t get this one out of my mind and went for it. It makes me smile every time I open my front door! Particularly appreciate how the carpet fitter managed to place the purple stripe exactly at both edges of the stairs!

Bea65

Have had my lounge carpet &stairs/small landing for quite a few years- have wanted new carpet for last couple of years but the thought of having to move furniture around and physically moving stuff has put me off have procrastinated long enough so now today made a decision and looked at samples and going with a quote … now I’m extremely excited.. Excitement for me used to be planning holiday/going away or looking for new/replace old car… anyone else experienced this form of excitement over a carpet?😊

😁yeah definitely, I love a new carpet, the look and the new carpet scent.
The moving of the furniture is a pain, but the men fitting the carpet will often help for a small fee.

Totally understand Bea. New things in the home are an everyday joy.I bought the same carpet as NotSpaghetti for my stairs and landing and it lifts my spirits when I come home.

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Yes, Bea65 - finally replaced the 100% wool carpets in two downstairs rooms and a bedroom this last year with new 100% wool carpets.

They were about 20years old and still (remarkably) looked ok but one was starting to show wear (!) at the threshold...

We had new "quality" underlay too. Very excited.. My new carpets are beautiful. 😍

I would have liked an "Audrey" carpet by Crucial Trading really... but could neither afford nor justify it.
I've found it hard to bin the stunning sample though!
(Photos are marketing images of Audrey and the one we bought instead for our sitting room.)

I’m exactly the same Bea. It doesn’t matter what it is, I just so look forward to seeing something new in our home. That lovely smell of new carpet is gorgeous.

We had a new bedroom carpet (and a new bed) not long ago.
It's such a pleasure to walk across in bare feet. Although the old carpet wasn't really worn, the underlay had started to disintegrate and had gone lumpy and bumpy.

We had new carpet on the stairs, hall and landing just before Easter, the old one had been down for years. It's a lovely terracotta colour and with Ivory Lace painted walls and white paintwork we are so pleased. It took a lot of organising with choosing the carpet, the fitting and removal of the old, finding a reliable decorator, then of course the cost of it all! I can understand your pleasure and excitement.

Absolutely, Bea65! Nothing beats feeling a new carpet cuddling 'round your toes

I know that carpet Urms - it would probably still be going strong had you kept it.

Not over a carpet, but over a sewing-machine that was being delivered. I could hardly sleep the previous night. And I can’t even sew 😂- I sold the machine within a year …

I love the smell of new carpet. I can imagine it right now.
And remember it.
Our first ever fitted carpet in 1974 when we got married was called ‘Cathedral Jasmine’. I can still recall the design and colours. Gulp. 50 years ago now.
Blimey.
Oh the smell of it …. and surveying it with so much pleasure.
(I was 20y)
And the price! 🤣

Some decisions are difficult. Well done you!

It’s lovely getting things done in the house. The hall, stairs and landing is particularly good as you see them every time you go from one room to another. I had mine done a year or so ago and I still smile when I see them, specially when I get up in the morning.

What colour have you gone for? Is it very different from the carpet that’s there now?